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Supreme Court rules Rastafari man can't sue Louisiana prison officials who cut his dreadlocks
While justices condemned what happened to the former inmate, they ruled that a federal law designed to protect the religious rights of inmates does not permit lawsuits for money damages even when rights are violated.
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According to PBS News’s source item, Supreme Court rules Rastafari man can’t sue Louisiana prison officials who cut his dreadlocks, While justices condemned what happened to the former inmate, they ruled that a federal law designed to protect the religious rights of inmates does not permit lawsuits for money damages even when rights are violated.
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